FAQ: Why are my auto-captions always slightly off-sync?

New editors blame the app. Usually it's the export, not the caption engine.

The real cause:
— You burned captions at 30fps but exported at 24fps, so timing drifts ~6 frames by the end
— Or you trimmed the audio after generating captions, shifting every cue

Fix workflow:
— Lock your cut first, generate captions last
— Match project fps to export fps before rendering

Tools that handle this cleanly: Submagic ($16/mo) re-times on every edit; CapCut does not.

Verdict: generate captions as the final step and your sync problems vanish for free. If you must caption mid-edit, pay for Submagic. NOT for people who keep re-trimming after captioning — no tool saves that habit.